DWI charge after crash with ambulance
A Nassau County Police ambulance, which was on the way to the hospital, was traveling on Franklin Avenue in Valley Stream when it was struck by another vehicle, police said. (Nov. 11, 2010) Credit: Stringer News
A Valley Stream man was arrested and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs and alcohol after he collided head-on with a Nassau County police ambulance on Franklin Avenue in Valley Stream, police said.
William Buffalin, 26, of Meyer Avenue, was charged with two counts of third-degree assault, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, driving while ability impaired-combined influence, driving while ability impaired by drugs and unlawful possession of marijuana. The crash occurred on Franklin Avenue near Emerson Place at 6:54 p.m. Thursday.
The ambulance, which was taking a patient to a hospital, was northbound on Franklin when the vehicle being driven by Buffalin struck it, police said. Two people in the ambulance suffered minor injuries and were treated at a hospital.
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